Wausau woman gets prison in $250,000 elderly-fraud scheme

1:07 AM,
May 14, 2014

Laurie Goetsch

Written by

Shereen Siewert
Daily Herald Media

A Wausau woman convicted of defrauding an elderly woman of more than $250,000 and using some of the money to bail friends out of jail will spend eight years in prison.

Laurie A. Goetsch, 46, was found guilty in February in Marathon County Circuit Court of five felony theft charges in connection with the case. Investigators said Goetsch diverted the funds from the investment account of a 96-year-old woman for whom she was paid $3,600 a month to provide care, according to the criminal complaint.

Marathon County Circuit Judge LaMont Jacobson on Tuesday sentenced Goetsch to a total of 20 years in ...